George Eliot was born on November 22, 1819 in Warwickshire, England.
Her birth name was Mary Ann Evans, she used George eliot as a pen name for her writings.
Why change her name? During the time she grew up in many were prejudice against women and professions. So, she changed her name on her writings to a man's name in hopes that people would notice her work.
She was a British novelist.
She was most recongized for being the author of Middlemarch.
Middlemarch is still today a major social document and one of the greatest novels in the history of fiction.
On December 22, 1880 she died of natural causes.
She lived to be 61 years old.
To this day her pieces of writing are read and known of.
Roses
You love the roses - so do I. I wish
The sky would rain down roses, as they rain
From off the shaken bush. Why will it not?
Then all the valley would be pink and white
And soft to tread on. They would fall as light
As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be
Like sleeping and like waking, all at once!
My reaction to this poem was that it was very sweet and thoughtful. Also, i thought that the poem was romantic and that the language she used showed that we writing it for a specific person. For example she says that they have both love roses showing they have things in common between them.
The rhyme scheme of this poem is: ABCDDEF
All of the lines have differnent endings until you get to the DD lines.
D: ends with -ite/ight sound
The theme of this poem is love and romance. Also you could say the theme is about relationships and coming to know one anothers common interests
Sweet Endings Come and Go, Love "La noche buena se viene,(The night has been good)
La noche buena se va,(The night is going good)
Y nosotros nos iremos (And we'll)
Y no volveremos mas." (And never return)
-- Old Villancico.
Sweet evenings come and go, love,
They came and went of yore:
This evening of our life, love,
Shall go and come no more.
When we have passed away, love,
All things will keep their name;
But yet no life on earth, love,
With ours will be the same.
The daisies will be there, love,
The stars in heaven will shine:
I shall not feel thy wish, love,
Nor thou my hand in thine.
A better time will come, love,
And better souls be born:
I would not be the best, love,
To leave thee now forlorn.
I really enjoyed this poem. I liked how there was a mixture of language to protray what she was trying to say. This poem is all about love and how you should keep the time you have and i like how she explains the theme.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is (spanish part will be used in rhyme scheme but will use the words in the parentheses): AABCDEDEDFDFDGDGDHDH
A: the word good
B: the word we'll has no other word that rhymes with it.
C: the word return has no othe word that rhymes with it.
D: the word love
E: ends with -ore sound
F: ends with -ame sound
G: ends with -ine sound
H: ends with -orn sound
The theme of this poem is love and loving the time you have.
Personification is used in the poem when it says a better souls be born, souls cannot be born and are given that characteristic.
There is no specific time period of the 1800s when she wrote this, but her language shows some insight to when
(ex: nor thou my hand in thine. or to leave thee now forlorn.)
Count That Day Lost
If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self-denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard,
One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went --
Then you may count that day well spent. But if, through all the livelong day,
You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay --
If, through it all
You've nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face--
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost --
Then count that day as worse than lost.
My reaction to this poem is that it was very interesting and i relly liked it. This is my favorite poem by her and i think that the poem can relate to people's days no matter who you are and can give everyone hope about there day whether it is going to bad or good.
The rhyme scheme of this poem is: AABCCBDDEEFGGFHH
A: ends with -un sound
B: ends with -ind sound
C: ends with -rd sound
D: ends with the -ent sound
E: ends with the - ay sound
F: ends with the -all sound
G ends with - ace sound
H: ends with -ost sound
In this poem the sunshine is sed as a symbol of happiness.
The theme of this poem is kindness and bringing happiness to one another.
- Roses
You love the roses - so do I. I wishThe sky would rain down roses, as they rain
From off the shaken bush. Why will it not?
Then all the valley would be pink and white
And soft to tread on. They would fall as light
As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be
Like sleeping and like waking, all at once!
Sweet Endings Come and Go, Love
"La noche buena se viene,(The night has been good)
La noche buena se va,(The night is going good)
Y nosotros nos iremos (And we'll)
Y no volveremos mas." (And never return)
-- Old Villancico.
Sweet evenings come and go, love,
They came and went of yore:
This evening of our life, love,
Shall go and come no more.
When we have passed away, love,
All things will keep their name;
But yet no life on earth, love,
With ours will be the same.
The daisies will be there, love,
The stars in heaven will shine:
I shall not feel thy wish, love,
Nor thou my hand in thine.
A better time will come, love,
And better souls be born:
I would not be the best, love,
To leave thee now forlorn.
(ex: nor thou my hand in thine. or to leave thee now forlorn.)
Count That Day Lost
If you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done,
And, counting, find
One self-denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard,
One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went --
Then you may count that day well spent.
You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay --
If, through it all
You've nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face--
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost --
Then count that day as worse than lost.
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